Bug 210517 - plplot can not find needed freetype fonts
Summary: plplot can not find needed freetype fonts
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: plplot
Version: 5
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Orion Poplawski
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-10-12 17:35 UTC by Steve Friedman
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: 5.6.1-6.fc5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-11-02 16:37:15 UTC
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Description Steve Friedman 2006-10-12 17:35:53 UTC 
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Description of problem:
When trying to select a plotting option that generates a graphic output, the system aborts with errors regarding missing fonts from /usr/share/fonts/
(e.g., FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf, FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf, FreeSerifBoldItalic.ttf).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
plplot-5.6.1-5.fc5

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1./usr/share/plplot5.6.1/examples/python/x01
2.Select plotting option 1.  Results:  It works.
3./usr/share/plplot5.6.1/examples/python/x01
4.Select plotting option 11. Results: failure

Actual Results:
A list of errors regarding the missing fonts were generated.

Expected Results:
A jpeg file should have been created.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Orion Poplawski 2006-11-02 16:37:15 UTC 
Should be fixed in plplot-5.6.1-6.fc5.  Sorry for the delay but needed to get
the freefont package into Extras.
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